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Tablet TV will beta test in San Francisco prior to Black Friday launch

The secretive-up-until-now service hopes to bring pay-TV operators aboard to nab customers for an Aereo-esque — albeit much more legitimate — style of TV.
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The hottest cooler on the planet: Coolest Cooler takes top spot on Kickstarter

After washing out in its first effort, the Coolest Cooler came rolling back to become the highest funded Kickstarter campaign in the history of the site.
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TuneIn strikes a new deal to stream hundreds of live college football games for free

California-based Internet radio streamer TuneIn announced today that it has extended its partnership with the college radio sports network IMG.
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Shomi the movies: New Canadian service looks to challenge Netflix in the Great White North

Two major Canadian cable broadcasters have unveiled a new project, a streaming service dubbed Shomi, that confronts Netflix's swelling Canadian dominance.
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Blue’s Mo-Fi headphones look and work unlike anything before

Blue Microphones has introduced the Mo-Fi, a headphone with built-in amplification that promises to make all your music sound better
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What’s in Pandoretta’s box? 360 degrees of Austrian hi-fi sound

Poet Audio, an Austrian maker of high-end audio gear, has crafted perhaps one of the most lavish wireless Bluetooth speakers we've seen, on paper, at least.
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Amazon readies its third pilot season for kids with 6 new shows

Amazon announced that it greenlit three animated kids pilots and two live-action kids pilots to add to its third kids pilot season, set for early 2015.
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Denon’s shiny new network receivers with Dolby Atmos are shipping now [Update]

Denon's latest receivers load up 4K upscaling, wireless streaming, and the new Dolby Atmos surround sound technology.
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Google offers an Emmy-themed Street View tour of famous TV locations

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Viddit for Chromecast brings all your favorite Reddit videos to the big screen

A new app allows users to put a roving stream of their favorite videos from subreddits on their TV via Chromecast.
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Zipbuds’ new Slide earbuds promise to terminate your tangling woes

Zipbuds' latest creation is a new take on eliminating headphone cable tangling.
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Broadcasters seek to snuff out Aereo before District Court ruling [Update]

Aereo's big network nemeses are hoping to convince the U.S. District Court in New York to impose a nationwide injunction on the streaming service startup.
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Netflix’s big red flag flies high in Europe, expects to garner massive subscriber base

As Netflix continues its expansion into Western Europe, the company is expected to grow its subscriber base by leaps and bounds over the next few years.
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N3twork puts more ‘you’ in YouTube with Pandora-style curation

San Francisco startup N3twork released an iOS app under the same name that gives each user a hub of video content custom-tailored to their interests.
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The first one’s free: Comcast offers free cable to students of select schools via Wi-Fi

Comcast announced that it has launched Xfinity On Campus, a service that lets college students watch live TV and on-demand video via IP-enabled devices.
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When it comes to piracy, Orange is the New Black is the new Game of Thrones

Netflix's original show Orange is the New Black has climbed to the third spot on the list of the most popular TV shows on file-sharing networks for Q2 2014.
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NFL Now launches on the Apple TV, with Amazon’s Fire TV next in line

The NFL has launched its online video distribution service NFL Now for Apple TV, giving users free access to the NFL's extensive library of video content.
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LG dives into multi-room speakers with its new hi-res Music Flow system

LG will unleash its all new Music Flow multi-room speaker system on the crowd at IFA in Berlin this September.
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YoreVision aims to bring old-school TV nostalgia to your digital video library

YoreVision is Aaron Todd's attempt to bring the fuzzy, unpredictable TV-watching joy of the past to the sterile experience of today's streamers and bingers.
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Pay to Play Smoothly: Netflix, Time Warner reach agreement to raise speeds

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Netflix stretches its reach, nearly doubles Dutch subscribers

The figure reflects the share of Dutch consumers with a paid subscription to the service at the end of Q2 2014, up significantly from 4 percent for Q4 2013.
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Underwhelming, overpriced: IMAX screens get smaller, prices stay the same

As the company has moved into the digital age, everything about IMAX has gotten smaller - except the price.
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Cable companies now serve up more Internet than cable TV, study shows

Research shows that during Q2 2014, pay-TV providers lost about 300,000 net video customers, but added 385,000 high-speed Internet customers.
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The Buckshot portable speaker aims to rock your (two-wheeled) ride

Outdoor Tech's new Buckshot portable speaker is built to strap onto your bike, shrug off the rain, and rock out wherever you do.
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No Netflix needed: AT&T may be gearing up to broadcast cable TV to your phone

AT&T CSO John Stankey revealed the carrier aims to deploy LTE "Multicast" next year, a move that could signify a potential shift to cable TV via mobile devices.
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Bill Cosby is next in line for a Netflix-exclusive stand-up special

Netflix announced this week that it has slated four new exclusive stand-up comedy specials, including a Bill Cosby performance, for 2014's final months.
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YouTube launching new app design on set-top boxes, consoles

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This software promises to make Netflix as reliable as cable TV

Giraffic has developed a technology - "Adaptive Video Acceleration" - it claims makes streaming online video as reliable and seamless as broadcast TV.

MyMedia app upgrade gives Roku users a taste of Chromecast power

MediaMall has released an updated version of the MyMedia PC app, allowing users to cast video content directly from PC to TV through the MyMedia channel.
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Verizon wants to send cable TV to wireless devices via 4G LTE

Verizon revealed that it plans to deliver its FiOS pay-TV service to wireless devices via 4G LTE, according to the Radio & Television Business Report.
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Comcast abandons customer on hold for three hours, then closes

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Better watch this teaser: ‘Better Call Saul’ comes to AMC February 15

Breaking Bad Binge watchers got a surprise nine second teaser of AMC's Better Call Saul Monday, which shows a young Saul Goodman courting a potential client.
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No tricks, no Photoshop, no strings: The OM/One speaker literally levitates

A relatively new audio company has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a levitating, orb-shaped Bluetooth speaker dubbed the OM/One.
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Android TV’s quest to dethrone Roku, Apple TV is an uphill battle

An analyst with research firm IHS Technology asserts that Google's new platform could spell serious trouble for Roku devices and Amazon's Fire TV.